When I was looking for an alternative genre for Till - the place on each CD where you might find some jazz, marching band, even some heavy metal guitar - the consensus was that Till's music was just too complex to be able to do anything with without destroying it. After months of having someone work on an electronic dance mix, and finally giving up, "The tempo changes are wonderful, but just too extreme for me to be able to work with," I came across "Till Eulenspiegel, Einmal Anders!" or "Till Eulenspiegel, A Different Way." A composer named Franz Hasenohrl (yes, Franz "Rabbit Ears") born in 1885 and died in 1970, decided to create what he called a "frolic, an arrangement of Richard Strauss's magnificent tone poem for large symphony orchestra using just 5 instruments! Violin, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and bass recreate "Till" is an amazingly complete way. Hasenohrl's arrangement is such a brilliant synthesis that I found it almost impossible to believe that he could do this with only five instruments. I found a great recording by the Chicago Pro Musica ensemble who kindly have agreed to let us put it on the CD for you to hear. - Bonnie Ward Simon